Scrum Master

With a focus on Mobility, Operational Excellence, Value to our Customers and the Electrification of vehicles, you can expect to be part of something exciting.

Job Functions

• Plans sprints and prioritizes the sprint backlog

• Helps identify and remove obstacles that hinder team performance

• Collaborates with the Technical Leads to manage the development process

• Helps the Product Owner refine and maintain the backlog

• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks such as detailed customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions with stakeholders

• Work with the Information Systems Manager and stakeholders to ensure project goals are in line with business objectives

• Conduct kick-off to start the project and review the overall project plan and gain consensus

• Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member, to effectively coordinate the activities of the team

• Manages changes to project scope, project schedule, and project costs

• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.  This includes all Nissan business and external vendor activities as well

• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.

• Ensure that project goals are achieved.

• Typically manages one or more projects / product teams that have:

  •  A development cost range of up to $999,999

  •  Have a team size of up to 10 members;

  •  A duration from 1 to 12 Months;

  •  A moderately aggressive timeline;

  •  A medium risk level assessment;

  •  An enterprise span of impact to an organization;

  •  Includes many interfaces;

  •  A geographic span of up to two regions;

  •  1 -5 functional Disciplines / Stakeholders;

  •  Use existing means (tools, technology) to achieve goals with modified levels of innovation

  •  Utilizing Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Routinely communicate up to Sr Manager and regionally regarding the status of specific projects

• Drive project team to foresee risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, continuously assess and implement mitigations in order to minimize the impact of risks on the project.

• Review project proposals or plans to develop a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases

• Basic understanding of project funding and financial principles including budgeting, accruals, actuals, and forecasting

• As necessary, perform any other relevant duties across different functional areas across regionally and globally to aid in the success of the organization.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate both written and in speaking in a manner appropriate for the intended audience in a culturally diverse environment

• Ability to build trust and credibility with team and stakeholders by looking ahead with foresight, being accountable and being able to influence decisions and actions of the team.

• Good understanding of current and emerging technologies, including cloud technology, and of how other enterprises are using them to drive digital business

• Needs to have and display leadership, collaboration, conflict resolution skills.

• Ability to motivate and empower the team and promote a 'one team' culture across all teams involved.

Experience

• 5+ Years overall IS/IT experience with at least

• Preferred 3+ years' experience in Project Management and AGILE SCRUM

• 3+ years experience in working with third party vendors.

• Familiar with project management and time tracking software.  (JIRA experience a must)

• Microsoft Office experience required, M365 and SAP financial tracking preferred

• Prior experience working with offshore personnel is a plus.

• Project management and AGILE SCRUM certifications a plus

Education

• Bachelor of Science.

• Advanced technical degree preferred

What we offer

As a member of our team, you will have access to many of our benefits - because we want you to feel cared for, supported, and engaged at Nissan. Alongside comprehensive career development and learning opportunities, you will also have access to a wide range of employee benefits.

Nissan (NMEX,NEdM, NRFS, NRFM y ANZEN) realiza contrataciones con base al cumplimiento del perfil de puesto en la vacante, sin distinción (ni discriminación por género, identidad y/o expresión de género, orientación sexual, ) raza, color, idioma, religión, opinión política o de cualquier otra índole, origen nacional o social, posición económica, nacimiento o cualquier otra condición.

Nissan (NMEX,NEdM, NRFS, NRFM and ANZEN) hires based on the fulfillment of the job profile in the vacancy, without distinction or discrimination based on gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race, color, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national or social origin, economic position, birth or any other condition.

Mexico City Mexico